Simply submitting your story to be read by someone who knows talent when they see it is important for so many reasonsWriting prizes are massively important for aspiring and emerging writers. I think they are vastly more important than literary prizes. So many aspiring writers don’t have access to publishing intel, or connections to agents or editors. Instead, they have manuscripts containing worlds and characters we haven’t yet seen, stored away on their computers (or indeed in their drawers; let’s not forget that not everyone has a computer). Being able to bypass the machinations of the publishing industry by simply submitting your story to be read by someone who knows talent when they see it is important for so many reasons. Even if you don’t win, there’s something to be said for finishing a piece of writing and just sending it off.I say all this because last week, Merky Books, the imprint launched by rapper Stormzy, opened applications for its new writers’ prize for the second year in a row. The winner is published by Merky, and all of the longlisted authors are invited to a writers’ camp which is effectively the place to learn pretty much everything about writing and publishing. Trust me, I was on a panel at the writers’ camp last year and stayed there to learn about an industry I’d been in for just under a decade. And the greatest thing about entering these prizes is that even if you don’t win, your words are still seen. You are still seen. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The shortlists for this year’s FutureBook Awards are to be announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with Pan Macmillan managing director Anthony Forbes Watson to be interviewed by Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller, at the same event. The interview and awards announcement takes place on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke to Melissa Cummings-Quarry, co-founder of the Black Girls Book Club, about the club's plans for the future and thoughts on diversity in the publishing industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A late-summer standoff has flared with the US publishing industry's largest–and longest-struggling–brick-and-mortar retail chain. Its former CEO is suing for defamation. The company, in response, alleges sexual harassment. The post Barnes & Noble’s Former CEO, Demos Parneros, Launches... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Created two years ago to showcase the output of northern indie presses to the international market, and to promote regional diversity, the Northern Fiction Alliance is making a name for itself as a growing force in the publishing industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the Turkish economy collapsing, Nermin Mollagoglu of Istanbul's Kalem Agency discusses the impact on the publishing industry, noting a reduction in rights deals and delayed payments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.K. publishing industry had a record-breaking year in 2017, with income up 5% to £5.7 billion, according to figures released by the Publishers Association in its annual Yearbook. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DK's UK and group sales director Ed Christie has decided to leave the publishing industry and move into the teaching profession, with Bloomsbury's Jacqueline Sells appointed his successor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The two-year-old group looks to build ties within the publishing industry and to promote authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its four years, the partners brought together by the Transbook project based in children's literature, tried to learn 'what is the digital model in the publishing industry?' The post Europe’s Transbook Project Closes: Four Years in Digital Publishing for Children appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We Need Diverse Books, the grassroots organization committed to promoting greater inclusivity in children’s literature and the publishing industry, hosted a discussion titled "Life Cycle of a Diverse Book" on June 1, as part of BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Recent controversies surrounding books by Sally Kohn and Amy Chozick have revealed a system that makes it hard to authenticate the claims of authorsRecent weeks have seen a flurry of conversation about factchecking in the publishing industry. Two high-profile authors have had their work’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The members of Publishing Technology Partners are Ken Brooks, Bill Kasdorf, Thad McIlroy, Bill Rosenblatt, and Bill Trippe, all of whom have over 25 years’ experience working in the publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Man Booker International Prize has drawn controversy for changing the nationality of one of its longlisted authors from “Taiwan” to “Taiwan, China”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manuscripts from Max Porter, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Candice Carty-Williams are among those agents are taking to London Book Fair (LBF) next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regardless of the market's limited size, given a national population of only 1.9 million, the standards of the publishing industry in Latvia remain very high. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following a sexual harassment scandal that has embroiled the children's sector of the publishing industry for the past week, James Dashner, author of the bestselling Maze Runner series, has been dropped by his publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ted Heinecken, who was regarded as a senior statesman of the publishing industry, with a career in publishing that spanned 58 years, 52 of them spent as a publisher's rep calling on stores in the Midwest, died in Chicago on Saturday. He was 84 years old. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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During his Winter Institute 13 keynote address, author Junot Diaz delivered a blistering political statement urging the publishing industry to "stop talking about diversity and start decolonizing our shelves." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adrian Searle has spoken out for the first time since leaving Freight Books, calling the demise of the publisher a "personal tragedy" but not one which he thinks should "preclude him from future involvement in the publishing industry". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversity social enterprise Creative Access is launching a new mentoring scheme and is seeking volunteers from the publishing industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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